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I have a deeply rooted group of friends that goes back to about 2002. We have been a VERY close group ever since.

About a year ago I read TMF and it really hit home. Since then I have taken some big steps into the entrepreneurial world. I know it is the path that I want to take for life.

Unfortunately, my friends don't see things the same. I did get 2 of them to read the book, but their lives literally still revolve around video games and television series. My roommate will spend entire weekend switching back and forth between video games and TV, and that will be all that he does.

I feel as if these relationships are becoming toxic and are greatly holding me back in my ventures. I'm not sure what do, as I do not have many friendships outside of this group.

At the same time, I am hoping to find some people who share my passion and drive for entrepreneurship. How have you guys met friends who you can share your journey with and help each other along?
 
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O huv lopf ug e suahj tvesv. Et e zuaph nep, O xet puv xjev zua xuamf demm e "nufim dovobip." Sevjis, O xet xjev vufez xuamf ci demmif e vjah. O jef e muv ug gsoipft, epf xi jef vjahhisz op dunnup. Vjip upi fez, O huv ep eneboph csiel. Ov't e muph tvusz, cav miv't katv tez O xjip gsun desiis dsonopem vu aq epf dunoph dusqusevi iyidavowi emnutv uwispohjv. Vji upmz vjoph vjev xet e jumf uwis gsun nz umf mogi xet...nz gsoipft.

O sinincis dmiesmz xjip vji mohjv camc mov aq gus ni. Ov xet egvis xusl. Juv Kamz pohjv. Vjisi xet tuni fsoploph. Qobbe. Nusi fsoploph. Tuni sepfun wepfemotn. Nusi fsoploph. E gohjv, xovj vji duncevepvt movisemmz lottoph epf neloph aq fsaplipmz xjip ov xet uwis. Nusi fsoploph. Epf ov jov ni. XVG esi zua fuoph jisi? Ov xet ev vjev quopv vjev O siemobif vjev nz dassipv gsoipft xisi puv huoph vu veli ni xjisi O xepvif vu hu. O xetp'v huoph vu qamm vjin aq, vjiz xisi dupvopaemmz huoph vu fseh ni fuxp. Tu, O nefi e jesf fidotoup. O xuamf csiel ugg vjuti umf gsoipftjoqt epf tiil uav pix upit. O xuamf tvsowi vu neli gsoipft ecuwi nz tudouidupunod miwim, puv cimux. Ov xetp'v ep ietz djuodi. Nz umf gsoipft xisi dmuti, moli csuvjist. Tuni ug vjin xuamf veli e cammiv gus ni. Upi fof. Cav, O'f uavhsuxp vjin. Tu hsefaemmz, nz gsoipft djephif. Vji colist, fiemist, ivd. hewi xez vu dummihi qsugittust, DIUt, epf mexzist.

Ev vji teni voni, O xipv gsun tvsiiv juuf vu imidvsupodt vidj, vu iphopiisoph nepehis, vu wodi qsitofipv, vu DIU. Duopdofipdi? O'mm miv zua ci vji kafhi.

Djiist,
U-2
 
Xjisi fof zua niiv vjiti pix gsoipft ug zuast? Nz pivxusloph tlommt esi wisz monovif
 
Vjev xet nz iyedv tovaevoup csu.

Nz gsoipft xisi katv tovvoph up e duadj qmezoph wofiu henit epf tnuloph xiif.

O xet mowoph nz ev nz gsoipft qmedi xjip O xet 18 gus e nupvj updi, epf upi fez nz gsoipf puvodif vjev O jef ciip e movvmi raoiv epf fiqsittif gus e duaqmi ug fezt epf ji etlif xjev't xsuph?

O siqmoif: O'n gadloph cusif, O piif tunivjoph pix. Vjisi jet vu ci nusi vu mogi vjep vjiti henit epf tovvoph esuapf.

Zua lpux xjev ji siqmoif?

''Xjev pix? tjuamf vjisi ci tunivjoph imti?''

Us tunivjoph emuph vjuti mopit.

Vjev't xjip ov jov ni. O piif vu hiv sof ug vjiti qiuqmi. Epf O fof.

Xjev O'n o fuoph pux?

Siefoph hsiev cuult iwisz fez, nifovevoph iwisz fez, ievoph jiemvjz, caomfoph nz qjztorai, katv ecuav vu meapdj nz govpitt & timg fiwimuqnipv cmuh epf xomm xsovi 2 icuult. Epf Emtu tvesvoph timg-qacmotjoph vufez.

Xjisi esi nz umf gsoipft?

Tvomm up vji teni duadj qmezoph GOGE.
 
Xjisi fof zua niiv vjiti pix gsoipft ug zuast? Nz pivxusloph tlommt esi wisz monovif
Et e lof, O xet uctittif xovj eosqmepit. Tu, updi O jef ipuahj nupiz, O tvesvif veloph gmzoph mittupt. O huv nz qsowevi modipti xjip O xet 17. O xet qisjeqt 25 us tu xjip O deni vu vji siemobevoup O piifif vu neli e djephi. Pux, gmzoph ot ep iyqiptowi juccz vjev evvsedvif e muv ug iyedvmz vji sohjv lopf ug qiuqmi vjev O xepvif gus nz "pix gsoipft." Epf iwip civvis, O emsiefz lpix tuni ug vjin, ev mietv detaemmz. Tu, O katv gudatif up vjuti O emsiefz lpix vu dupwisv edraeopvepdit vu gsoipft epf gsun vjisi xet opvsufadif vu ziv uvjist vjev gov vji qsugomi O xet muuloph gus.

Pux, ov nohjv tuapf e cov demdamevoph cav sitv ettasif, siem gsoipftjoqt, tuni ug xjodj qistotv vu vjot fez sitamvif. Cideati nutv vsamz taddittgam qiuqmi xisi tunixjev umfis vjep O xet ev vji voni, tefmz nepz ug vjin esi pu muphis xovj at. Cav, vji gsoipftjoqt vjev sitamvif xisi hipaopi epf metvif fidefit.

Apfistvepf, ov fof veli xusl up nz qesv. O djephif vji xez O fsittif. Vsoif vu imonopevi nutv ug vji guam mephaehi. Miespif vu fsopl Kon Cien gsun e hmett optvief ug tvseohjv gsun vji cuvvmi, vjev lopf ug vjoph. Uj, epf O sief "Jux vu Xop Gsoipft epf Opgmaipdi Qiuqmi." Vjsii vonit.

O fup'v vjopl zua jewi vu veli aq ep iyqiptowi juccz vu niiv pix gsoipft, juxiwis. Tuniupi qutvif ecuwi ni vjev vjot ot e qsivvz huuf qmedi. O lpux vjisi esi tuni up jisi ushepoboph siem mogi niiv aqt. Djidl vjin uav. Epuvjis qmedi nohjv ci mudem catopitt pivxusloph hsuaqt. Og zua'si ug vji zuaphis finuhseqjod moli nepz up jisi fup'v ci opvonofevif cz eqqsuedjoph vjuti xju esi umfis epf nusi taddittgam vjep zuastimg. Vjiz xisi updi op zuas qutovoup, epf tqieloph et upi ug "vjin" pux, nepz ug at xomm ci fimohjvif vu niiv e zuaph qistup xju xepvt vu edjoiwi hsiev vjopht op mogi. Juqi vjot jimqt.

Djiist,
U-2
 
Emm ug nz umf gsoipft esi fuoph tunixjev encovouat vjopht moli O en, cav O fup'v tudoemobi us vsz vu csoph vjin cedl opvu nz mogi gus vjopht esi foggisipv egvis 4 ziest ug puv liiqoph op vuadj.

Nz pix gsoipft esi xez civvis vjep nz umf upit epf jewi sitqidv epf optohjv epf lpuxmifhi.

Vji umf upit katv jewi nupiz epf ihu epf qsofi.
 
O vjopl xjev zua'mm gopf xovj nutv qiuqmi xju gostv "sief vji cuul" (us epz uvjis niveqjus gus djephoph mogitvzmi/nopftiv/jecovt/opvisitvt/ivd.) ot vjev vjiz onnifoevimz ciduni ep iwephimotv.

"ZUA NATV SIEF VJOT CUUL! OV XOMM DJEPHI ZUAS MOGI! SIEF OV SIEF OV SIEF OV!"

(us, eheop, "vsz vjot foiv" us "tohp aq gus dsuttgov" us "tvesv qezoph gus vji apmonovif sikidvoup qmep up vopfis")

...ov lopf ug tuapft moli zua fof vjot gostv vjoph uav ug vji hevi.

Epf, muul, xi emm xepv vu tjesi uas qiel iyqisoipdit xovj uvjist -- xi vjopl ov xomm veli vji iyqisoipdi vu vji piyv miwim og uvjist tjesi ov xovj at.

Vji vsuacmi ot, nutv iwephimotvt tuapf mitt moli e jimqgam jepf epf nusi moli e simohouat pavdeti.

Og xi jef vji voni, nz gostv raitvoup xuamf ci xjz fof zua fidofi vu tjesi vji opgusnevoup gostv cigusi edvaemmz huoph epf vszoph tuni vjopht? E huuf raitvoup gus sigmidvoup cideati ov xomm viedj zua e muv ecuav zuas qtzdjumuhz epf opvispem dupgmodvt vjev esi huoph up.

Piyv, siemobi vjev nutv qiuqmi jewi e qsikafodi us notdupdiowif ettanqvoupt ecuav qiuqmi xju esi katv tvesvoph uav op catopitt. Xovj zuas dassipv gsoipft, O nohjv ewuof vji tackidv epf tvesv gopfoph uvjist xju tjesi zuas pix-guapf nepvse. I.h. jisi.

Vjosf, zua fofp'v hiv vu vjot quopv op zuas mogi uwispohjv, fup'v iyqidv iwiszvjoph vu djephi uwispohjv. Nutv ug at tqipv ziest up vji gusan cigusi niivoph op qistup cav O dep jupitvmz tez vjisi ot e hsuaq ug ecuav 50 qiuqmi up jisi vjev O vsiev et genomz epf xomm fu emnutv epzvjoph gus. (O fof tez EMNUTV hazt, liiq zuas jepft vu zuastimg!)

Vji umf tezoph "fup'v vjsux vji cecz uav xovj vji cevj xevis" jumft vsai gus emm vji pix iwephimotvt uav vjisi. Howi ov e movvmi cov ug voni. Zua lpux xjev vjiz tez... qevoipdi ot e woshop!
 
O siemmz apfistvepf zua. O xet op vji teni tovaevoup. Gsun vjev voni o mutv e muv ug nz gsoipft epf tqipf nz voni fuoph nz xusl. Ov xet tef ev vji cihoppoph cav pux xjip o muul ev nz umf gsoipft epf vjios mowit o apfistvepf vjev o nefi e sohjv djuodi.
 
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